маланка

Belarusian

(1) маланка

(2) маланка

Alternative forms

• małanka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Old Ruthenian молоньꙗ (molonʹja) + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *mъldni (“lightning”). Compare dialectal Russian молонья (molonʹja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈɫanka]

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Noun

мала́нка • (malánka) f inan (genitive мала́нкі, nominative plural мала́нкі, genitive plural мала́нак)

1. lightning bolt, lightning (weather phenomenon)

   Synonym: бліскаві́ца (bliskavíca)

2. zipper (a zip fastener)

   Hypernym: за́сцежка (záscježka)

   • 2023 [2018], Sally Rooney, translated by Ганна Янкута, Нармальныя людзі‎^[1], Янушкевіч, translation of Normal People, →ISBN:

     Мэрыян нахмурылася, кладучы расчоску ў кішэню чамадана і зашпільваючы яе на маланку.

     Meryjan naxmurylasja, kladučy rasčósku ŭ kišenju čamadana i zašpilʹvajučy jaje na malanku.

     [original: Marianne frowned, zipping a hairbrush into the pocket of her suitcase.]

     (literally, “Marianne frowned, putting a hairbrush into the pocket of a suitcase and fastening its zipper.”)

3. (archaic) urgent telegram (a message transmitted by telegraph)

   Hypernym: тэлегра́ма (teljehráma)

4. (archaic) wall newspaper issued to address something urgent

   Hypernym: насценгазе́та (nascjenhazjéta)

Declension

Declension of мала́нка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	мала́нка malánka	мала́нкі malánki
genitive	мала́нкі malánki	мала́нак malának
dative	мала́нцы maláncy	мала́нкам malánkam
accusative	мала́нку malánku	мала́нкі malánki
instrumental	мала́нкай, мала́нкаю malánkaj, malánkaju	мала́нкамі malánkami
locative	мала́нцы maláncy	мала́нках malánkax
count form	—	мала́нкі1 malánki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “маланка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “маланка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “молонья”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 137